Firsts Quotes

Sometimes when you're doing a comedy, the director will yell out "alts" and then the director gets the first laugh.

I remember music first artists second.

Rewrite, rewrite, rewrite, don't be precious about your first draft, it's an architectural blueprint to a whole building, be your own worst critic, confront your weakness and remember it's a craft.

I have a big barn that I converted to my music studio, so I go there early in the morning and the first thing I do is rowing. And that's when I listen to a lot of music.

It's always hard for the first movie because you have to spend so much time introducing the characters.

The favourite bumper sticker in Washington D.C. right now is one that says 'First Iraq, then France'

The first rumors about Zenith came from the Czechoslovakians.

I think if you're a good songwriter, that's what you are first - not a star or celebrity.

I did an instrumental jazz album. That was my first album.

If journalism is the first draft of history, then the Internet simply has provided a new means for delivering that draft far and wide very quickly.

What I said was that I was at first supportive of Bernie [Sanders] when he came to Los Angeles for his first rally, I was there, I was supportive.

Actors have to make you believe that it's happening for the first time and all that jazz and make it human and at the same time entertain you.

I can't remember what my first script was.

I really love being in postproduction. First of all, it's all quite self-interested: You can protect things.

A monkey was the President, though maybe not the first. And there was peace and harmony throughout the universe.

Not long after I published my first book, I quickly found I was terrible at being interviewed.

Dan Spainhour is a terrific coach and educator. I had the pleasure of working several years with him, and I know that his knowledge and enthusiasm are first-rate.

There are problems with the single already. I don't want to put out the first single, Hit the Freeway.

When I first go out on stage, there are tummy bubbles everywhere.

I have been a fan of Jesse Terry since the first time I heard him. He's a humble - and humbling - talent.

Our ultimate weapon is not our guns but our beliefs...The spread of freedom is the best security for the free. It is our last line of defense and our first line of attack.

I've always been skeptical of those television healers who are bald. If I had that gift, that'd be the first thing I'd fix.

When I first read 'On the Road,' it helped me figure out how to live against the grain. Now I wonder how to be subversive when the subversive has become mainstream.

Let's see, I think I right now I'm third in the money-winning and first in money-spending.

After a golfer has been out on the circuit for a while he learns how to handle his dating so that it doesn't interfere with his golf. The first rule usually is no woman-chasing after Wednesday.

For any budding cricketers listening, do you have any superstitious routines before an innings, like putting one pad on first and then the other one?

I've got a mission to help people improve and massively change their lives and create breakthroughs, so I'm always looking for them and I'm the first guinea pig.

When I first came back into the booth, I starting rapping.

Working with Preme is always a dream come true. It's never like "I'm here and I'm comfortable." It's always like that very first time. It's a lot of jokes being cracked and we have a lot of fun.

People listen to the beat first. So if that doesn't draw people in especially with the audience I cater to, they're definitely about that production.

If you make a treaty first with the United States and settle the matter of the opium trade, England cannot change this, though she should desire to do so.

The prize money for first place was $2,800, but I didn't take it because I was still an amateur.

If I'm asked to play first, I should be ready. It's nice to be in the lineup, regardless of where you're at.

For the first time in a while, I must be honest, I really genuinely look forward to coming to work every day.

I don't agree with the libertarians. I want my security first. I'll deal with all the details after that.

When I made my first album, there was no indication that anybody other than my parents were going to buy it.

Great. She shook her head. Not only am I having conversations with myself, but now I'm refusing to talk to me. This has got to be the first sign of madness.

Akkarin: I watched the first woman I loved die. I dont think I can survive losing the second. Sonea: I love you too.

When the charge first came up, I hated black women. Then, going to trial, I started seeing the black women that was helping me. It's mostly black female guards. They treat me with human respect.

I've got to be first. ALL the time.

I think the most significant moment at a wedding is when you say "I do" and when you do the first dance.

In the construction of Immortal Fame you need first of all a cosmic shamelessness.

But, what we need to get out of the first EVA is to have the arm completely unfolded and powered so that they can keep the temperature under control. That will really the call of the first EVA.

I wrote Murder at the Windmill. And it was accepted and we made it and it was the first film I made with Danny Angel, well the only film I actually made... I made a lot of it at the Windmill itself.

I met PJ Harvey when I was in England, and the first thing I want to do when I meet a songwriter I admire is to ask them how do they receive songs.

I'm the first one in my family born with all my rights. I'm a ninth generation American.

I haven't really heard much that's impressed me the way it was when I first heard Ray Charles or somebody like that. That was really an impression.

What excited me when I first came into it was the performing aspect and doing blues-oriented material, rock/blues oriented stuff, basic stuff, basic what they call rock 'n' roll.

The first step towards the evangelizing of the world is the christianizing of the church.

I've been playing concerts for many years, and it's still as exciting as it was the first time. I hope that shows when I'm performing.